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August 2017 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” Newborn mouse skin cells can grow hair and this process can be recreated in adult cells to potentially help with hair loss.
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July 2023 in “Animals” FGF10 and non-coding RNAs are important for cashmere goat hair follicle development.